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Beijing Art Show Confronts Climate Change - Scene Asia - WSJ

[Cape Farewell founder David Buckland]  Scientists are clear in saying this is the most important thing humanity has to face right now. But to most people it doesn’t really make sense

Cold weather clouds tea crop prospects in Assam, Bengal | Business Line

According to C.S. Bedi, the production of second flush crop has been slow during the first 18 days of this month on account of “dull and cold weather” in Assam.

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Weatherbell.com video highlighting ne weekend cold, western cold ( ugly) Euro cold ( ugly) svr wx outbreak nxt wk tropical trouble

Oyster Shells Are an Antacid to the Oceans - NYTimes.com

“Oyster shells are made out of calcium carbonate, so they’re sort of like an antacid pill,” said George Waldbusser, an assistant professor of earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences at Oregon State and an author of the study, which appears in the journal Ecology. “In an undisturbed oyster reef, healthy oysters are generating a lot of biodeposits,” a genteel term for excrement, “which helps generate CO2 to help break down those shells, which helps to regenerate the alkalinity back into the environment.”

Running shoes leave large carbon footprint, study shows | Environment | guardian.co.uk

A typical pair of synthetic trainers generates 30lbs of emissions, equivalent to leaving a 100-watt bulb burning for a week

Weathering the Politicians — The Patriot Post

[Michael Reagan, the eldest son of Ronald Reagan] Next time a natural disaster strikes, I have some advice for all the climate-control freaks in Washington.
Please shut up. Nothing you say or do will change anything. Oklahoma is not going to get safer if Earth gets cooler.
And Boxer, Whitehouse and their ilk are not going to make tornadoes disappear like Newsweek did.
Believe it not, senators, climate is not something that Washington can control.
It's ultimately affected -- and controlled -- by Almighty Nature, not humans and their carbon burning. And certainly not by agenda-driven politicians.